Prostitution
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students

Web Site Links

Human Trafficking of
Children in the United States
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/factsheet.htmlU.S. Department of Education fact sheet that defines
terminology, suggests links to government sites, and provides
information about how to identify children who are victims of
trafficking.

PENet : Prostitutes Education Network
http://www.bayswan.org/index.htmlThe Prostitutes Education Network is an information service about legislative and
cultural issues as they effect prostitutes and other sex workers. The service is
comprised of information for sex workers and activists/educators who study issues
of decriminalization, human rights in the context of prostitution,
violence against prostitutes and women, sex workers and pornography,
as well as current trends in legislation and social policy in the U.S.
and internationally. Has an excellent section on statistics relating
to prostitution. This site has a pro-prostitution,
pro-decriminalization bias.

Prostitution
Research & Education http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/This
site, sponsored by the non-profit San Francisco Women's Centers,
features facts, services, and information about activists,
prostitution and violence, trafficking, and legal issues. Decidedly
anti-prostitution slant from a feminist perspective.

"A Summons to Comradeship" : World War I and
II Posters http://digital.lib.umn.edu/warposters/warpost.htmlUniversity of Minnesota Libraries digital collection of poster.
A primary resource for historic images of posters addressing
prostitution in World Wars I and II. In the University of
Minnesota Libraries archive, click the "search the collection"
option, then limit search by subject "prostitution" to find archived
posters created by the United States Army Education Commission,
United States Navy, American Social Health Association, and Arthur
Henriksen.

Women's Human Rights Resources
http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/mainpage.htmThis site from the BoraLaskin
Law Library in Toronto covers many women's issues, including prostitution. Click
on the link marked “Women’s Human Rights Resources Database” and select
“prostitution” from the list of issues.
Each issue has articles, documents, and annotated links.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_rio?db=GVRLSearch keyword "prostitution" to access entries in a variety
of online books and encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia of Crime
and Justice, West's Encyclopedia of American Law, and New
Catholic Encyclopedia.

Issues &
Controversies @ FACTS.com
http://www.2facts.comSelect issues & controversies link, then search "Human
trafficking" for information regarding efforts to reduce the
effects of this crime. Includes text from a 2004 speech to
the United Nations General Assembly in which George W. Bush
addresses the subject of human trafficking.

ProQuest http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?ReqType=301&UserId=IPAuto&Passwd=IPAuto&JSEnabled=1&TS=942248466A search for keywords "prostitution and human trafficking"
will provide results from journals, newspapers, magazines,
reports, and trade publications, such as The Chronicle of Higher
Education, Military Review, and Juvenile Justice Digest.

SIRS http://sks.sirs.com Using either "human trafficking" or "prostitution" as
a subject term, access numerous sources including newspapers,
magazine, and reference book articles. Graphics and
timelines are tools provided by SIRS to increase comprehension.

Books The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.

ArticlesThe Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases
- http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 6 sample searches
below are from the
ProQuestdatabase. Use Advanced Search
and type each tern in a separate box: